that thou mightest know the certainty of those things in which thou hast been instructed.

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

Thus has the Lord done to me in these days in which he looked upon me to take away my reproach among men.

But in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent of God to a city of Galilee, of which the name was Nazareth,

And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city Nazareth to Judaea, to David's city, the which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;

And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

and having seen it they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

And his father and mother wondered at the things which were said concerning him.

He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;

And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.

For astonishment had laid hold on him, and on all those who were with him, at the haul of fishes which they had taken;

which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment upon an old garment, otherwise he will both rend the new, and the piece which is from the new will not suit with the old.

how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that any eat, unless the priests alone?

And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him.

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

But why lookest thou on the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?

or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me, I will cast out the mote that is in thine eye, thyself not seeing the beam that is in thine eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clear to cast out the mote which is in the eye of thy brother.

For there is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit, nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit;

And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

but as they had nothing to pay, he forgave both of them their debt: say, which of them therefore will love him most?

For which cause I say to thee, Her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves little.

For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest, nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.

And they arrived in the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done by him, and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among the dead,

who, appearing in glory, spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

And all were astonished at the glorious greatness of God. And as all wondered at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.

Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.

For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.

Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers?

but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

but when the stronger than he coming upon him overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil he has taken from him.

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know it.

that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;

Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?

But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?

Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.

And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think it, the Son of man comes.

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him.

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what is needed to complete it;

What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

But which of you is there who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?

For as the lightning shines which lightens from one end under heaven to the other end under heaven, thus shall the Son of man be in his day.

for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.

And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

And another came, saying, My Lord, lo, there is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.

For I say unto you, that to every one that has shall be given; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him.

saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here.

And as he drew near, already at the descent of the mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began, rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had seen,

But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.

As to these things which ye are beholding, days are coming in which there shall not be left stone upon stone which shall not be thrown down.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.

Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, drew nigh,

And the day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to be killed.

And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be the greatest.

For which is greater, he that is at table or he that serves? Is not he that is at table? But I am in the midst of you as the one that serves.

said to them, Ye have brought to me this man as turning away the people to rebellion, and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found nothing criminal in this man as to the things of which ye accuse him;

who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.

for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.

And when they came to the place which is called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, the other on the left.

But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices which they had prepared.

and they conversed with one another about all these things which had taken place.

And he said to them, What discourses are these which pass between you as ye walk, and are downcast?

And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.